dreary
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He managed his way through all of that, even when his team were putting in dreary performances.
From BBC • Jun. 11, 2026
A period of dreary, windy, cool weather is settling across Southern California this week, as a cold system from the Pacific Northwest moves south.
From Los Angeles Times • May 26, 2026
Everything in “Mother Mary” feels like it exists in a dream within a dream: the tertiary characters who fade in and out of the narrative, the catchy yet indistinct pop songs, the dreary midnight-blue location.
From Salon • Apr. 24, 2026
There’s nothing quite as dreary as a baseball team that takes itself out of contention before kids get out of school.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 22, 2026
Under the lifting skirts of the dreary canopy dim light leaked into Mordor like pale morning through the grimed window of a prison.
From "The Return of the King" by J.R.R. Tolkien
Vocabulary lists containing dreary
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